Victorian fumigators will be required to undertake detailed inspections of fresh produce destined for South Australia after larvae of a destructive fruit fly was discovered in residents backyards.
Pacific fruit pickers fly into SA to ease worker shortages this citrus season
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AprApril 2021 at 9:31am
The first of about 200 Tongan fruit picking workers arrived in Adelaide on Friday on their way to the Riverland. (ABC News)
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The first 200 international fruit-picking workers will head to the Riverland after touching down in Adelaide ahead of the citrus harvest, with their arrival expected to ease critical shortages in the sector.
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The group is among 1,200 Tongan workers who will head to the Riverland in coming weeks
The government says they are vital to ensure fruit is picked this season
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Hundreds of thousands of snapper fingerlings will be released off South Australia s coastline over the coming months, as part of a desperate attempt to replenish critically low stocks of the native fish.
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A statewide ban on snapper fishing was introduced last year
Authorities have spawned 300,000 fingerlings to be released back into the gulfs
An SA Research and Development Institute (SARDI) restocking program was launched around the same time the ban was introduced, resulting in 300,000 fish being spawned.
SARDI s research director of aquatic sciences, Dr Mike Steer, said the introduction of the fingerlings into SA waters would give the species a chance of recovery.